TAMPA, Fla. — The Buccaneers are going through their final week of OTAs.

For quarterback Baker Mayfield, this year’s organized team activities are much different than a year ago.

This year, number 6 is armed with a new contract and learning a new offense being installed by new Offensive Coordinator Liam Coen.

“Nobody has played a down yet, everybody is working for the same goal but mentality wise this team were hungry and back at it,” said Mayfield, who signed a three-year, $100-million deal with the Bucs in the offseason. “It’s really awesome that we have everybody here on offense, going through that so everybody’s hearing it were all talking about it, learning from it, good and bad plays, that’s what this time period is about, you can’t win or lose ball games right now you can only try to get better.”

Bucs Head Coach Todd Bowles has also seen players in this camp who were not expected to be at these voluntary activities, like veteran Mike Evans who showed up today, a sign his team his hungry to get started.

“There’s a lot of guys that want to win, said Bowles, who led the Bucs to a division crown and wildcard playoff win last season. “The chemistry starts here and continues in training camp, so it’s important for these guys to come in.  

“We understand it’s voluntary and we thank them for coming in, you know they know they need to work, they’re very professional about it and they try to help the young guys.”

With mandatory minicamp coming up next week, it’s these practices that set the tone for training camp.

“You we really want to stress the mental aspect of the game right now,” Mayfield said. “(And) try and learn as much as you can to where it comes to live bullets during training camp it’s second nature.”

Mandatory minicamp will take place June 11-13 with training camp set to begin in late July.